I am new to wood working. I was watching New Yankee Workshop Table saw episode and Norm was making a zero clearance plate – he used his fence to hold it down. I dont think my flimsy fence is good enough – whats the best way to do this.

they said it best, a clamped board works good, just make sure you dont stand directly behind the saw (as you never should anyway) but now is one of the more important times to remember that rule. And whenever you go to make one make up more than one “blank” at a time, you’ll thank yourself later on when this zci wears out and you need another… i may have learned from past experience lol

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.